Ceballos, closer to Betis

Dani Ceballos witnessed Betis-Sevilla last Sunday from a private Benito Villamarín box. The Utreran midfielder, who is still recovering from an ankle injury suffered with the Spanish team at the Tokyo Olympics, has between eyebrows to wear the green-and-white shirt again, if it can be already next January.

Betis and Real Madrid were close to agreeing on their loan in the last summer market, but the Sevillian team did not have a salary limit or chips to make a place for it in its squad. During these months, in Heliópolis they try to make room for the footballer through movements such as the extension of the players’ contract to lower their current emoluments or the departure of others, such as goalkeeper Joel Robles, who has not played a single minute and the one that remains until June.

In any case, The most pressing need for Manuel Pellegrini right now is to sign a guarantee center, due to the obvious defensive problems that the team has shown despite being well placed in the League and in the Europa League. But if you manage to free two chips and the necessary money, the intention It will continue to be having Ceballos from January and acquiring it as a property from June.

Although there are offers from outside, the Utrera is clear that his priority is to return to Villamarín, the place where he triumphed before going to Real Madrid and then to Arsenal, where he has played less and less and has not grown as a footballer. For now, Ceballos does not stop showing his beticism, as he did in the derby against Sevilla.